TY - BOOK AU - Ahmad Khaled Elhaj Yasin AU - Dirk Dahlhaus , AU - Mohmed Fawzi Elrefaie , TI - Technical and economic performance of parabolic trough in Jordan / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Ahmad Khaled Elhaj Yasin , KW - Jordan KW - Parabolic trough KW - Renewable energy N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Engineering - Department of Mechanical Power Engineering; Issued also as CD N2 - The aim of this study was to investigate the technical and economic aspects of parabolic trough performance in Jordan . The technical aspect was addressed by developing an empirical mathematical model for the performance of a parabolic trough demonstration plant installed in the Dead Sea area . Photogremmetric test was conduct on the parabolic trough collector to determine the optical quality ER -